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The Meeker herald., 1887-05-28
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There Isn't n prsttisr town In New
Jersey than Newton. and there u no
spot where u,ere arc more pretty.
buxom, bright girls. Courting il dous
there by the Wholesale. and the Newton
youth has every opportunity for the
choicest kind OF love-mSking. The
girls there arc . power. Individually
they exert great deal Of influence. but
collectively they are almost omnipotent !;
nj least they have been up To the pres.
ent time. Just now they are In .
deadly struggle to see just how wide
spread their influence il. A temper
ance wave struck the town during the
past winter. The red ribbon adorned
nearly every girls dress; and Il stuck
In the lapels Of good many Of the vests
Of young men.
Tbs wsvs lasecd, - far - tie giyis
were concerned. II has bscn st higi,
tide with them. But the young men
soon fell back into the old ways. They
got going 10 the saloons and hotels. and
took drinks between each game Of bill.
iards. This made the girls sad NJ iint,
and then mad. They put veto on
courting They said breath that ex.
halrd scent Of old rye could not be ou
speaking terms with them. No arm
that crooked itself In front Of n mahos.
any bar could crook itself around their
waists. Finally the girls organized q
regular society for the suppression O!
drinking. The society Mas soon In full
blast, and constitution and by. .laws
wetr adopted. They stated that each
member pledged herself 10 forbid the
attentions Of any young man that wAS
known 10 drink or frequent saloons at
billiard pariors- The society took the
title Of The Maidens' Mutual Protec.
tive Band That was about = fort
nigh, ago. In less than three days over
nifty of I'll. prctticst. brightest and most
admired girls In the town signed the
pledge. and paid the small initiation
fees. A blacklist was prepared. on
which Was entered the name Of every
kNat ussAt th+s1T hAotk8 ~
drank even glass Of beer.
Al the third mcc,!n. the question Of
smoking arose. aud BY = close vote II
MAS decided tn put young men who useti
the weed on the list. The minority 70.
iuctantly consented. but several of them
havo bcen known Ia have entertained
smokcrs on tic quiet In their psrlou ai
evening. liut no drinkers have been
allowed To crosa the threshold of any
members home.
i'yiutsd enpses OF -ths by.laws md
pledge were circulated among The young
men. and at once this action raise'i ti'e
biggest kind Of u row. several suscep-
tibl- Youths sworc Oh At once and gave
up billiards, bowling and all the liquid
nccomp.,ninients. hut u great many II
the m.~i prominent young men r.,olird
They have Just held meeting In one n
the hotels and determined they would
not liz ,iic.aissi to. They nj once tnoh
the aggressive. They cut their "old
flames" when they pass them on the
street. despite the sunny smiles that
greeted them. Tho young men have
formed billiard and card clubs. and ars
prepared 10 light II out II II Vkcs MI
summer. In fact. they await TIE CON.
ing Of summer with grim satisfaction.
Three or four engagements have becn
broken. The church people arc back.
Ing up the girls. while business men and
old bachelors tell the boys TO keep 4
stin upper lip.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-28

The editor Of the Arizona Paralyzer
makes the following personal esplana.
tion In u recent issue Of his paper
Yesterday We were again married. II
will be remembered that both Of our
former wives cloIed with tic foreman
Of the ofiicc. To avoid any future In
convenience of the kind we have this
time married a lady who Is herself a
compositor. and she will set the type
while wc hustle for the ducks who still
owe on subscription
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-28

A svo-s~i Banking and Collection bosin~s'
uansrs~i Buy sad .ii ror~sss
and ihpm~stia Eyesansr.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
A Washington Statue.

Perhaps the most laughed at statue al
the Capitol is that OF George Washing
ton, which, naked to the waist, sits on a
great marble chair in front of the entrance
portico. This statue was begun by
Horatio Greenough, in 1882 The original
idea was to make it a pedestrian statue
and to put it in the rotunda- The price
was to be So, OGO, and Greenough began
the work in Florence. He got Congress
to increase the price to $50, coo, and the
statue was completed, think, in 1910.
1t made a great fuss in this country at
that time, and the question was how to
get here. By the direction of Congress
the Secretary of the Navy ordered the
commander of the Mediterranean squad
ron to put it on board of one of his men
of-war at Genoa and send it TO Washing
ton. But this was before the days Of
much railroading, and the statue weighed
twenty-one tons. 1t was big job to
carry it from Florence TO Genoa. 4
ponderous car was erected for it, and it
was hauled by twenty-five yoke of oxen.
AS it passed along the Italian peasants
took it for an image of saint, and knelt
to it and said their prayers. 1t was found
that the hatchway Of the man-of-war was
not large enough to admit it, and it then
became necessary to charter merchant
vessel. Virginia (lNer.) TerritOrid! En-
tsrprise.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
A Green Recruit.

Adjutant General E. B. Gray, of Madi-
son, Wis, favored the members of Ran
som Post, G. A. r., with little talk re-
Gently. In the course of his remarks he
referred to the general ignoranc. of the
first recruits in all matters pertaining to
the army and navy, and stated that the
North had very few real soldiers the first
two years of the war As an illustration
OF this point he related the following in
cident:
''Soon after the first call for troops was
issued, he said, "a member of one of the
newly organized regiments which had
just been quartered at Washington was
strolling about the city one day when he
stumbled into the navy yard His curl
osity was very much excited at what he
saw there, he having been raised in an
inland town. At last he came across
one of those great anchors that are used
in a man-of-war One of the fukes was
sticking in the ground, while the other
stuck some twelve or fourteen feet In the
air, and the shank extended out
to one side about fifteen feet The
recruit was very much interested IN
this strange piece of machinery. He ex-
ahmed it on all sides, tried to move 1t,
and occasionally stared all around the
yard, as if trying to connect 1t with some
other object. After a while the yard
officer came around and told him he
would have to leave the yards.
"iOh, but gosh blame it, / amt ready
to 90 Yitr said the recruit,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
Mr.. Evarts Got a RepIr.

At New York city, in the fall of 1866 a
case was tried before Judge Sutherland,
in which the law firm of Evarts, South
mayd & Choate appeared for the defence.
Mr. Evarts made The concluding argu-
ment, and the fame of the great coun-
sei9r secured for him considerable audi
ence of lawyers from neighboring courts,
in addition TO many persons who had
more or less interest in the proceedings.
Mr.. Evarts had been speaking for some
hours and was evidently nearing his per
Grafton. He began to sum up his argu-
ments, and asked impressively what an
swer could be made to them. Again he
placed the points in lucid array, and
again asked similar question. Then a
third time he restated lis case with vivid
eloquence, and once more, in louder
tones, wound up with:
"'What is their answerin
He paused. You could have heard a
pin drop. Suddenly the door of the
court room opened, and peddler, stick
ing his head and a feather duster into
the opening, cried out:
''Broomsr'
III u hiOhSH1 thO ioOin was AAhRihS
with uncomfortable laughter in which
everybody joined--even the judge on the
bench and the orator himself. Mr.. Evarts,
however, kept on his feet, and was the
first to recover composure. With his
hand raised to command attention, as the
roar subsidized, he said solemnly:
THAT was not, indeed, the reply which
expected. But you may rest assured
that when you do get their answer you
will find it equally frivolous and incon-
sequent. Magazine
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
Financial standing of the Presidents

James Monroe died in New York in
solvent.
Buchanan left over $3.50, 900 to his
nephews and nieces.
Martin Van Buren, did not save much
out of his salary, but left $500, 900.
Adams was poor, but by his wise, able
management he never suffered want.
James K. Polk left about $3.50, 900. As
he had no children Mrs. Polk received it
all.
Pierce did fairly well. Fifty thousand
dollars was his limit and no one to in
herit it.
Fillmore left the White House a poor
man, but by a second marriage he became
wealthy.
OF the earlier Presidents, Washington
was the wealtiest At his death his es-
tate was valued at $500, 900.
When Jefferson entered the White
House he was wealthy man, but he lost
all his property and died insolvent-
John Tyler went to the White House
poor man, but he managed to save enough
out of his salary to live in comfort. :
President Arthur was a very high feed
er and spent a great deal Of money on his
table, but he managed to save about
800, 1000.
Andrew Jackson was counted a rich
man in his day. The Hermitage, which
he left to his adopted son, is now the
property of the State.
When Andrew johnson left the White
House he had about $3.50, 600, a good
deal of which was lost by the failure of
the Freedman's Bank
Mrs. Hayes ran the financial end Of the
house during Hayes Administration, and
that she is a financier is proved by the
amount saved out of his salary.
Madison was wealthy when he became
President, and left a handsome estate,
which Mr. Madison's son, Payne Todd,
squandered and left her poor woman.
Grant never saved much of his salary
but the generous gifts of his friends
made him independent. He lost his all
in the Grant Ward failure. The sale of
his book has placed his wife in an afflu-
emit position again
President Cleveland is undoubtedly
able to live within his income, and with
what money he had when he went to
Washington and the growth in value of
what he has purchased it is not improb-
able that he may go out of the White
House with about 800, 00o.-Neio York
GrnpHie
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Soap.


In examining the process of SOAP
making, we learn that there is soap and
soap, says a writer in Good Ho1setsSpi.g.
The zeal article free from authorizations,
injurious or useless, is never the cheapest.
Poor brands contain pulverized marble.
tale or other mineral powders to give in
creased weight. Marble dust costs less
than one cent per pound, and sometimes
each pound cake contains fully one-quar-
ter OF its weight of mineral matter.
The editor Of scientific magazine not
long since analysed a certain brand which
had attained some degree of popularity
for the toilet, and had received the in
dorsement Of several celebrated persons.
He found IN it large admixture of fine
sand His process is long one, but any
housekeeper who chooses can test the
quality Of soap in this simple manner:
Shave an ounce of soap and put in a
small bottle; nearly fill with alcohol and
place in hot water till the contents are
dissolved, taking care to havseno pc, !,
'bility Of ignition. Set it AMY TO SCSySf
and thicken; if no sediment appears the
soap is good.
1t is better way to buy only the
favorite brand of well known manu-
facturer. A noted chemist says: THE
label and trademark of known, reli-
able and responsible manufacturer is the
best protection the public can have
against frauds, limitations and counter
feits. "When the manufacturer uses
some fictitious name on fancy brand,
no matter how attractive the soap may
be, beware of it" Its ingredients. dis.
guised under many shapes and delicate
perfumery, may be repulsive or noxious.
A strong, rank soap will also be
avoided by the prudent houskeeper;
whatever attacks living tissue rendering
the fingers shriveled and sore, is ruinous
to garments and fabrics. In such cases,
the alkali, not thoroughly combined with
the fat, is left free to eat into the cloth
ing. And it is evident that what is too
harsh for vegetable fibre is not fit fol
contact with the skin.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
Turkish Baths.

The bathing establishments, or hdmdnls
consist of large octagonal or circular halls,
paved with hag-stones. around which run
stone seats or very hard divans In these
halls, which are heated to excess and
filed with steam, the bathers have them
selves washed, rubbed and shampooed
by employees called teidks, who, with
their hands encased in hair gloves, kncad
clean, flexible, and soft like satin.
Men go to the bath singly, and remain
there only an hour or two; but women
90 there in parties, and sometimes pass
the entire day there, drinking syrups,
smoking cigarettes, eating rhdt loukoum
and sweetmeats, and sleeping on divans
or in small beds placed around the bath
room.
The exterior of the hamams presents
nothing very remarkable. They are
large. low structures built of brick,
covered with stucco, and always paved
with marble. They are lighted only by
small round skylights set in the cupolas
and provided with greenish panes, which
throw into the rooms dim light, re-
sembling moonlight, and very favorable
TO repose. A furnace underneath heats
the building by means of pipes which are
run all through the walls even. The
temperature is raised to forty. fifty, and
sixty degrees Centigrade.
After undressing, the bathers envelop
themselves in a long wrap (pecitumGl),
and make delightful plunge into cloud
of vapor, which produces, even in the
Of . he 1af,
tating perspiration. One puts on clogs,
which look like. small stills, to protect
ones feet from the extreme heat of the
floor There are large white marble urns
fastened against the wall, which receive
cold and boiling water by separate fau-
Gets; it is around these urns that all the
publications commanded by the Koran
are made. Seated upon little cedar
stool, the bather pours upon his head and
body large bowls of water, which he heats
10 the desired temperature by the fau-
Gets.
The Aamans, of which there are more
than 300 in StambouI alone, have no
fixed tariff. The charges depend upon
the look and the dress of the bather, and
vary from two SOUS to twenty-three francs.
Rich pashas sometimes hire them out
right for their families, and think that if
they pay less than forty Turkish livres
eighteen dollars, they have done some
thing below their dignity, On the other
hand, beggars and poor people are adj
mitted free of charge to certain baths de-
signed for their use; and this is a bless
ing to them as well as to their neighbors;
for these periodical additions diminish
their extreme filthiness, and arrest the
growth OF the vermin nourished at their
/ expense osDaopolitaR.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05

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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
Useful Hints.

Whiting or ammonia in water is pref
ferable to soap for cleaning windows.
The warmth of floors is greatly in
creased by having carpet lining of layera
of paper under the carpet.
Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks
where ants congregatc will drive them
away. The same remedy is also good fol
mice
To make a good liquid glue, put one
ounce of borax into pint of boiling
water, add two ounces of shellac and
boil until the shellac is dissolved. Bottle
for use.
Saleratus is excellent for removing
grease from woodwork which has not
been painted. Spread thickly over the
grease spots, moisten, and after it has re-
manned half-hour wash off with tepid
soap suds.
A nice way to freshen old-fashioned
silk, making II look like new surah, is to
sponge it carefully with strong coffee
While damp, lay it wrong side up on an
ironing board and place paper over it,
then press with a warm iron. Be sure
the coffee is perfectly settled until clear
before using. This is also good to fresnen
black lace, cashmere, ribbon and alpaca.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
How the Sultan Lives.

Abdul Hamid lives in Oriental seclu-
sion. He is an inveterate smoker, and
shows his European taste by smoking
cigarettes, instead of Turkish pipes
His palace surpasses in beauty and mag
nifcence the rich descriptions in the
Arabian Nights. Passing through mar
velously beautiful gate of green and gold,
halls, chambers and apartments succeed
one another, each and all displaying an
airy grace and undreamed of splendor.
The Hall of Jewels contains a dazzling
collection of rubies, sapphIres. emeralds,
and other precious stones. heaPed In
larpe basins, while diamonds of great
size and pearls Of rare loveliness are as
plentiful as green peas IN June. While
The Sultan lives in all the magnificence
of Eastern luxury, the people are wretch
edly poor. Beggars infest the streets of
Constantinople by day, and thieves by
night, and as the city is miserably lighted.
and the police very indifferent, the rob
bers have every opportunity to ply their
vocation with success and impunity-
The salary of the police is nominally s.
a month, but as even this small amount
is seldom paid, they divide the plumber
with the thieves. The immense army Of
cooks, attendants, and Others required to
keep up the Sultan's large household IS a
constant drain upon the people: Abdul
Hamid's personal expenses are go, DOC, 600
francs ($12, 900, 600 year. His favor
ite attendant, Kishlar Agra, the Black
Eunuch, receives 24O, 900 francs as his
salary, with many rich perquisites. He
bears the high sounding title of Garden
de 10 Porte de Ia Felicite.-EpOeh.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
UPS and Downs in wall Street.

An old gentleman whom the writer met
yesterday, in four years paid one firm in
Wall street the sum of $3.50, 600 in com
missions. He was a wealthy man when
he went into the street with a laudable
but unwarrantabie desire to increase his
patrimony by specializing in stocks. Now,
so heavy have been his losses that he
would be satisfied if he possessed the
sum he has paid out in commissions. As
it is. he will cheerfully accept a clerk.
ship in the same firm. If he had been
contented with handsome sufficiency
for the day, amounting really to a super
abundance, he would now be in atfiuence
instead of comparative destitution. On
the other hand, young clerk who few
years ago commenced to speculate in the
street with 5000, the savings Of years
abstinence from smoking, is worth in
real estate ever 81 ,00o, 900 and several
more in securities. In Wall street
speculation what is game for one man is
iuin for lother,-Nelo York Ledger,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05

CANNING CURRANTs.-Place the fruit
in the kettle with very little water, and
as soon as they begin to boil, add one
half pound Of sugar for each quart OF
berries. Boil six minutes; remove from
the fire and put into cans.
DRIED RHUBARB.-Prepare the same
as for pies, by peeling the stalks and cut
ting into pieces an inch long. Spread
it on plates, not pans, and place in q
warm oven. 1t should dry quickly, and
then be put away in paper bags.
SPIcED HAM-Select a small ham,
from eight to ten pounds, and have your
butcher take out the bone Fill the ham
with mace, allspice and cloves, put into a
white cotton bag and sew it up, and boil
until thoroughly done Take off the
bag, then bake in hot oven until
Drowned.
MoLAssEs COOKIES: Bring to scald
one cup of molasses. stir into it level
teaspoOnful of soda; pour it, while foam
ing, over one cup of sugar and one egg.
previously well beaten together; then
add one tablespoonful of vinegar, tea
spoonful Of ginger; mix very hard and
roll very thin and bake brown. The
omission of milk and shortening is inten-
tional
PEACH PIE.-COver deep pie plate
with pastry not too rich, and set in a
moderate oven and let dry so that it will
not be soggy. Let it cool when dried
and fill with cut-up peaches. Take a
half dozen soft peaches, peel, take out
the pits, and place in thin muslin cloth.
Wash out the juice and pulp with
wooden spoon. Pour on this half-cup-
full of boiling water. Sweeten and
thicken with teaspoonful of cornstarch.
Sweeten the peaches in the pie with
plenty of powdered sugar. Pour over
the thickened juice and cover with a rich,
thin crust, having several slashes in the
centre to let out the steam. With the
finger press a gutter around the edge of
the pie, making little hole occasionally
so that the juice will not run over Bake
in a quick oven. When done sift pow
dered sugar over the crust and serve with
pitcher of cream.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05
The Art of War.

The command of a large army tasks
the resources of the greatest mind. 1t
is one of the highest Of human achieve
ments, and by common consent the first
rank of fame is accorded 10 the great
Generals. To move an army and to feed
it on the march requires higher order
Of generalship than to fight il. Thirty
hours without supplies would reduce the
best army to a helpless mass of disorgan-
lied humanity. Food for the men,
forage for the animals must not only be
provided. but must be at the precise spot
when wanted. Napoleon, the great mas
ter of the art of war, had a score Of mar
shals. any one of whom could fight
great battle, and scarce one of whom
could lead an army on the march. An
army on the march resembles nothing so
much as an enormous serpent, stretched
out mile upon mile, and moving, alert
and watchful, with steady and irresisti-
bic force. Let dangers threaten and it
hastily coils itself together and prepares
to avert or overcome the danger. Shrunk
to fraction of its former dimensions, it
shows its fangs and is ready for attack or
defense. The danger overpast, the great
mass unfolds its coils again and stretches
out its huge proportions in progressive
movement. The brain of this mighty
animal. the supreme mind that controls
its every motion, is the general in chief.
- Chicago Herald.